Hiking Quotes

Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line.

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

Hiking - I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike! Do you know the origin of that word 'saunter?' It's a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going, they would reply, "A la sainte terre,' 'To the Holy Land.' And so they became known as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them."

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

The mountains are calling and I must go.

Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what we leave behind that is important. I think the matter of simplicity goes further than just food, equipment, and unnecessary gadgets; it goes into the matter of thoughts and objectives as well. When in the wilds, we must not carry our problems with us or the joy is lost.

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.

Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

I love the Midwest. I think about it every day. I wonder if I would rather have a little farm in the Midwest, in Illinois or Wisconsin, or would I rather have like a little getaway up in the mountains of Colorado.

Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

Take a walk on the wild side.

When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.

One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.